Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard, says he never instructed the police to clear former FIFA vice president Austin Jack Warner of bribery allegations.

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Three Caribbean nationals were among more than 40 youth activists who attended the first Global UNiTe Youth Forum held in Bangkok last week.A UN statement said that...

Bermuda-based Dutch oil tycoon John Deuss has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence, after being convicted by a Dutch court of banking without a licence and not reporting unusual transactions

Former Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several cabinet minister and civilians were executed in 1984.

Two media workers are now in police custody in Trinidad and Tobago in connection with a series of robberies.

BRIDGETOWN (CMC):Mexican President Felipe Calderon yesterday assured his Caribbean Community counterparts they can count on Mexico to represent the region's interests when he hosts the leaders of the world's richest nations, the Group of 20, next...

WASHINGTON (CMC):Amid increasing criticism of its deportation policy, the Barack Obama administration said yesterday it will deport fewer Caribbean and other immigrants stopped by police for minor traffic infractions, except drunk drivers.In announcing...

In a report issued at the UN today, UNICEF said child sexual abuse in the region is shrouded in secrecy and aided by shame.

Haiti’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says his focus is on addressing widespread poverty and seeking investment in the Caribbean Community’s poorest nation.

A United Nations report has revealed that the number of Caribbean people with high blood pressure and diabetes is drastically increasing in developed and developing countries.

International Monetary Fund says economic activity remains buoyant in Suriname and that the Dutch-speaking CARICOM country will most likely record growth of more than four per cent this year.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's agency says it has arrested more than 220 criminals and seized more than 142 illegal arms in an operation dubbed "Caribbean Resilience".